The Straits Times, 17 January 1940

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    39 1 The Straits Times. I ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. MALA YA S LEADING NE WSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1940. TRICK :> CENTS. The straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1910. PRICE 5 CKNTS.
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      413 2 iary 1C. in Pcnuig, to I I" 1 j. ji. wihhi, HOWE. -On TUrsuay. J;.ii. 10. 10^0 t :0c, Marian. ife of W. 1- RlMM, Al.ir li. a son, MJchaU John. KANAPATHIPILLAI.—Mr. S. Kanapathlpillal formerly chief clerk of P.W.D. Kuala Lumpur, passed away peacefully at his nwlr.rnce. The Camp. Karainagar,
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      937 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE. 1939. 10-H.P. Standard. Fourdour Saloon, grey, mileage 13,030. Price $1,350. Box 53. Straits Times. USED CARS: Austins. Fords. Morris. Citroen. Standard etc. The Eastern Auto Co.. Ltd. 69-79 Orchard Road. Singapore 1935 CITROEN ROADSTER COUPE 12.8 h.p., 26 ni.p.g. Tax paid, insured. Condition good. $650. Telephone
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      873 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited for the supply of one Steam Driven Rotary Exhauster for the Gas Works, Kallang. Specification and Tender Form may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room. Tenders will close at 4 p.m. on Apr. I. 1940. NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern, luxuriously
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      537 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL" MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Miss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. MISCELLANEOUS SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO Baggage Transport. I'ranshtptiienl Insurance Forwarding General Cargo I rases, bales A drum* only cleared or shipped at the rbarrer. Rooking Agent* for F.M.S. Railways TeL Addretts.— 'LUGGAGE."
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      295 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporateo to England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co. MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES The P. O. S. N. Company will have a passenger steamer sailing Westwards next month. For tne latest information apply tc The Agent. P. O g. N C* lI A.
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      325 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated 1b Japan i GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO CALIFORNIA FROM THE ORIENT VIA HONOLULU m.s. KAMAKURA MARD from Kobe Jan. 23 m s. ASAMA MARU from Hicong Peb. 14 TO VANCOUVER SEATTLE FROM JAPAN m.s. HEIAN MARU leave Kobe Jan. 28 m s. HIKAWA
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      715 3 LUXURIOUS ONE-CLASS MOTORSHIPS Cabins with Private Bath— Excellent Cabine SHORT HOLIDAY CRUISES M.S. FIONI.V (ll.ee* Tom Displ.) from Sinfapore abt. 18-1-4* Slnrapore Bangkok Saifon Singapore about 2« days J186.67 M.S. SKLANDIA- (13 4M Tons DispL) from Sinrapore abt. 31-1-44 Sincapore— Bangkok— Saifon— Ba4aria— Sinfapore about 24 days $240.00 For farther
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      380 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCCAM BUILDING. COLLY BA QUAY. SINGAPORE Tel. flfl CHARTERED BANK BUILDING. PEN AN t T«L t)6e BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE
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      80 3 ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (Incoroora'ec in L A i BOSTON NEW YOKK A BALTIMORE VIA PANAMA CANAL Ouo Sails WASHINGTONIAH Jan. 19 Jan. 2"> PUERTO RICAN Jan. 28 Feb. S FAIRFIELD CITY Feb. ffb. 9 STEEL ENGINEER Feb. 13 Feb. 19 MOKIHANA Feb. 21 Feb. 21 KLAVENES3 LINE. (Incorporated in Norway)
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1323 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations Tl KSI>AV. JAN. IS. 1M«: 5 P.M. MINING Bo j era Sellcn Am pat Tin <4s) 4s 10 '■id 5s 3d Austral Amal. (5s> 6s 'M 7s c.d. Austral Malay (t» 37s 39s c.d. Aver Hitara t£) :4s 6d 25s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .85
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    COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
    176 4 From Our ).i« Correspondent) London, Jan. IC. /COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed Vas follows vitl) nrevious quotations In parenthesis* KIBItKR: Firm Spot: 1! 13 16d 11 d Ullll6d 11 13 16d) Feb-Mar.: 11 13 16d ll'.d (11 1116 d H 3 *d) Apr.-June: 11 13 16d 11
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    245 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close TIN Austral Amal 3d Austral Malay 9d. and 13 bonus Ipoh 28. Int. less tax Jan. 3 Kampong Kamunting 3d. and 7%d. bonus Kanipong I anjut 2 6 Jan. 23 Klang River 7%% Jan. 24 Kuchal 10% int. Jan. 13
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    FUNDS FLOW INTO LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SHARES
    723 4 Fraser And Company's Review Of Past Fortnight IN a report on the share market during the past fortnight, Fraser and Co.. iharebfofare, write Our first report for the New ¥ear finds the war nearly five months olrl and with ominous signs of spreading further
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    GLENEALY TO PAY 71/2 PER CENT. Profit $46,137: New Area Acquired
    363 4 GLENEALY TO PAY 71 /2 PER CENT. Profit $46,137: New Area Acquired A NET profit of 146,187 was ca mcd by Glencaly Plantations Ltd. in the year ended October but. Tlii.s compares with %30,108 in the preceding year, /no amount brought forvard from 1938 was irTti.-'C'.,, making available a total
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    LYALL AND EVATTS DAILY QUOTATIONS
    212 4 LYALL AND EVA TTS DAILY QUOTATIONS apore, .J;.n. it:. p.. tiiMM. W*r*n i Anipaia 53 Austral .-iiiiiic o 4 Batii Bdangors 1.63 Hong Fatts l :':i Jelebu.- 1.00 Xaa:| (,iik Lanjuts 5/3 K. KamuntiPc Kinta Keltau Klang Riveis *.10 Krainats 12 Kocbati utrnta .»i i; lUl'Hts 1.P2 Petillli.S!> 9. 1
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    TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE
    184 4 To-day h W. 3.10 a.m. 8.7 ft.; 317 p.m 7.8 ft. L. W. 908 ajn. 33 ft.; 013 p.m 35 ft. To-morrow H. W 3.50 a.m. 8 5 ft.: 4.18 p.m. 7 2 ft L. W. 10.02 a.m. 3.9 ft.; 9.56 p.m. 4 2 ft Priday. Jan.
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    SUWA MARU
    24 4 'lm Suwa Ifaru Ls due at Bingaporf from Europe early on Saturday morning. She will sail for China and Japan on Monday.
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    28 4 Maluku Pinda Kubbcr Esu,. Ltd harvested 66,316 lb. of rubber in December making a total ol 201,116 lb. lot *h n four months ~l the financial t ,ir
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      333 4 '!.■>. Hijjh Street riiiK.ipore (Opposite New Supreme Court) Fhone ML The sign of quality in: DRINKS FOOD WINE and Caterers for Tea and Dinner parties. Open Daily Till Midnifht. RUBBER PLANTERS ORDER DIRECT FROM THE .MANUFACTURERS OF 1-ain Cups hand made and '<>>- up-to-date machines. All siirs 8 oz to
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      AROUND THE MARKETS Quiet Conditions And Few Price Changes
      463 5 AROUND THE MARKETS Quiet Conditions And Few Price Changes Bj Our Hn.mi.ul Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 17. po.MMODIIIKS show only fractional changes this morning but the fact that the price of rubbei has improved in all markets is encouraging. London advanced ono-sixtcenth ol a penny y.st.rday to Il 3 4 d.
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      93 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Wrdnfftday. Jan. I',, noon. Buyers Sellers Prires I'rtres No. IX It N|,ul IOONTI ;8 J8 1 I No. IX MAM. fob. in rases .lan.-Kcb. (Sellrrs option. :B<i, <. I Vtj R.S.S f.ob. in balos Jan. -!<•!>. (Sellers option' !7'I <J. K.S.S. f.o.b. in hair-Jan.-lrh. (Seller*
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      124 5 Singapore. Jan. 17. noon Buyers (teller* Gambler I 7.50 Hamburg Cube 114 00 Java Cube fl2oo Pepper White Muntok *IG.OO Whit* $15.75 Elacl: S 8.50 Copra MM $3.*:. Sun Dried (3 80 Hago Flow r«i> i Llngja i«. 2;-. Pair $6.2.'i ■mnrak $7.00 le'otnng Palembans »13.50 Banja
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      20 5 Ayer Weng (Rahman) Development and Prospecting Co Ltd.. produced 60 piculs dl tin-ore in November and 74 niruls iM December.
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      EXCHANGES
      194 5 The folio*-!]:-; are me exchange rates tnla morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Honcfcone and Shanghai Banking Corporation M I. LINO Lotidon r.l 2 4 1 16 London detr.anu 2/4 1/16 Rate for lrei^:u 2 4'i Lyons deuanci 2057 Switzerland den:and 208 Hamburg demand New York
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      DUTCH AND BELGIAN SECURITIES
      129 5 London. Ja.i. 16. Banks and broken to-day report a cessation ol .erday's heavy sales of London securities on Amsterdam and Brussels account. The sales of Dutch and Belgian securities in Amsterdam and Brussels on London account were also reduced. At the same time there was no
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      32 5 Manchester. Jan. 17. 'T'HE cotton trade Is meetmg a good inquiry but buyers are extremely cautious owing to the problem of price-nxlng. Wholesale dealers are encountering some difficulty in obtaining .stocks.— Reuter.
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      12 5 In the first half of January S.Uupulo produced 411 piculs of tin-ore.
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      DIAMOND MARKET SATISFACTORY
      121 5 London, Jan. 16. COMPETENT authorities in the diamond trade state that iiamond "sights" are meeting a satisfactory response from Cantlnential cutters. The chief demand for gem stones is understood to emanate from Paris where Investment buying is in evidence. Industrial diamonds have been well absorbed by the
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      HONG KONG MAY GET ORDER FOR 4 SHIPS
      80 5 Hong Kong. Jan. 17. IT Is understood that negotiations are at present proceeding for placing a big shipbuilding order in Hong Kong by the British Government. It is believed that contracts will be placed for at least four cargo ships. The ships
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      GOLD PRODUCTION LAST YEAR A RECORD
      59 5 THE world's gold production in 1939 is estimated by the Union Corporation at 39.300.000 fine troy ounces vrhlch constitutes a new record. This is an increase of 6.2 per cent., compared with 1938 output which Is now estimated to have been 37,018,000 ounces. Both
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      WASHINGTON CALM OVER TREATY ABROGATION
      67 5 Washington, Jan. 17. THERE is not the slightest indication here that any crisis is likely to materialize on Jan. 26 when the United States-Japan trade treaty is abrogated. It is generally believed in informed circles that no modus vivendi is likely to be negotiated before
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      GERMAN-SOVIET TRADE TALKS RESUMED
      44 5 Berlin, Jan. 17. DR. Karl Ritter. chief of the economic department of the German Foreign Office, returned to Moscow last night to renew the Soviet-German trade talks. Dr. Ritter was in Berlin to report on the progress of the nego'.iatlons.--Reu'er.
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      "A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION"
      63 5 Tsinctao, Jan. I<. FLLOWING the Japanese announcement on Jan 14, that additional rhipping berth in Tsingtao harbour and two godowns had been opened for third rower shipping, another wharf was made available to-day to foreign shipping. Shipping circles regard these concessions as "a step
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      CHINESE COMMUNISTS & YONAI CABINET
      74 5 CHINESE COMMUNISTS YONAI CABINET Chungking, Jan. 17. THE policy of the Yonai Cabinet will be largely determined by a small group of financial and industrial magnates in Japan, declares the Hsin Hua Jin Pao, official organ o! the Chinese Communist Party. The Journal adds, "The new Japanese Cabinet will therefore
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      LIVING COST RISES SLIGHTLY
      49 5 THE cost of living index figure on Jan. 1 was 74 per cent, above the level in July 1914, compared with 73 per cent, on Dec. 1 last. The lood index figure on Jan. 1 was 57, which was the same as on Dec. 1.
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      London Stock Exchange
      356 5 London, Jan. 1C. ALTHOUGH trading was quiet on the Stock Exchange to-day, gilt-edged rallied In cr.-ly dealings and maintained the improve mi it. Kaffirs were very steady but other groups were inactive owing to the imminence of the reassembly of parliament— Reuter The following are to-day's closing
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      RECORD RAIL TRAFFIC IN UNITED KINGDOM
      257 5 Remarkable Feat By L.M.S. Group London, Jan. 15. SOMETHING of what the war has involved for one of the four great British railway systems is revealed by figures of the London Midland and Scottish Railways traffic from Sept. 1 to the end of 1939.
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      U.K. TIN STOCKS RISE YESTERDAY
      64 5 London. Jan. 16. "PHE cash price of tin in the London market to-day was slightly easier but the forward quotation was firmer. The day's turnover was 150 tons of which about 100 tons is understood to have been cash sales by smelters' agents. Yesterday 300
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      WAR RISK RATES TO BE REVISED
      90 5 London, Jan. 16. LLOYD War Risk Rating Committee has published an addition to the advisory schedule of rates Issued on Jan. 4 The addition concerns the rate for shipments between Brest, Havre and certain destinations. The importance of the addition lies not so much
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      57 5 London. Jan. 16. ON the Baltic Exchange to-day, the French Economic Mission's requirements and cotton carriers from i he United States met at 33 and 37 cents for Northern range gulf loadings respectively both representing declines of one cent from the previous levels. Outward coal freights are still firm I
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      352 6 Destined To Smash Every Record Created By "THE FROG" To-DAY~37i'5 f X Y H a iujr in tbT" b.15 9.15 P. M. f* Mj KK JHk, 1*1 MM JR Inspector Elk is back again lighting a menace that threatens the Security of London! J yj J^toZyrHi iwiA-Miiu hin' m»wth> h
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      506 6 JCV A JOYOUS, HAPPY. CAREFREE SQ TREAT COME ON A GRAND fjgl /jjir LAUGHTER CRUISE TO HONOLULU WB* |^L CAPITOL 3.15 6.15 9.15 TO-DAY Jftj 'HAWAIIAN NIGHTS 'A .Johnm Downs Tj£ 4&* L m i VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Fri. Jan. 19th at 5.30 P.M POPULAR ORGAN RECITAL IN AID OF
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    1,000,000 NAZI TROOPS NOW ON BELGO-DUTGH FRONTIERS
    657 7 1,000,000 NAZI TROOPS NOW ON BELGO-DUTGH FRONTIERS The Hague's Retort To German Story Of The Crisis ACCORDING to the Dutch Press, diplomatic circles in Berlin regard the situation as in no way critical for Holland and Belgium or warranting any uneasiness on their part, states Reuter. German suggestions that Britain
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    AIR ATTACKS ON FINLAND
    330 7 Mass Bombing For Four Days Helsinki. Jan. 16 FOR 1HE FOURTH successive day. Soviet planes have been raining bombs on towns in southern Finland, but the morale of the Finns remains unaffected. Helsinki had two a'arms to-day. Three hospitals were bombed in Viipuri (Viborg), which had
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JAN. 17, 1940. (138th. Day of the War.) DAILY DOSES OF GLOOM
    1146 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JAN. 17, 1940. (138th. Day of the War.) DAILY DOSES OF GLOOM Considerable courage must have been required in reaching the decision to allow people throughout the British Empire to use wireless receiving sets without any special wartime restriction. They were and are permitted to
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      THE B. M. B.C.
      596 8 Assistant Announcers Work Entirely Voluntarily To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is not every day that one has the chance of killing so many birds with one stone, and in view of the number of letters appearing in to-day s issue of your
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      "ALL COCK-EYED"
      158 8 Office Vacancies Offered To Women To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln your Issue of to-day appears an advertisement for a lady stenographer, initial salary $150—175. Is this the time for commercial firms to choose women instead ot men for employment? I do not grudge the
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      MALAYAN BORN
      82 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, "Democratic's" proposal to form an organization for the Malayan-born residents in this country has my enthusiastic support. It is an idea which occurred to me sometime ago. Such an association has vast possibilities. For one thing. It would promote the
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      "CURRY TIFFIN"
      408 8 More Bookable Seats Wanted At One Dollar To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Like many others. I have known for some time now that Curry Tiffin was to b 3 produced at the Victoria Memorial Theatre, but we were not sura of the date. Being a
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      TODDY SHOPS
      466 8 Reform As Alternative To Abolition To the Editor of the S:raiis Time; Sir.— Although I am unable to lollow Mr. Varudev's logic, I agree that todriv shops need reforming, but I maintain there is no need to deprive th? Soun Indian cf pure, cheap toddy. If Mr Varudev
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    ANGLO-FRENCH CO-OPERATION
    802 8 Financial Agreement Is Bold Step TIIK new Angle-French financial agreement, which was recently signed by the Finance Ministers of the respective countries, will bring about much closer economic relations between the two Allies than existed even ;.t the end <>t" \\m Tom jrean of the Grail War. !lare!.v
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      35 8 NEW SUITS f EXPERT TAILORS MODERATE PRICES Latest Woollen ft Palm Beach Suitings ■llnayt tn ttock TAI HENG CO. 23 5 Coleman St. Phone 3375 Spore JOHN DUKE Ma n ufacturing Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    COMMONS DEBATE WAR CABINET CHANGE
    1754 9 Opposition Leaders On Mr. Hore-Belisha LABOUR "NOT HAPPY" ABOUT HIS RESIGNATION Constitutional Issues And Democratization Of Army AFTER Mr. Chamberlain had spoken in the House of Commons yesterday on Mr. Horeßelisha's resignation from the post of War Minister, the leaders of the Opposition, Mr. C.
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    YUNNAN ROAD BOMBING
    191 9 YUNNAN ROAD BOMBING United States Hardest Hit Paris, Jan. 17. A MOST categorical official denial is given here to reports from Japanese sources that arms and munitions are being sent to South China by the French Indo-China Raii way. A Foreign Office statement issued to-day states that the insistence of
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    British & Nazi Units In Night Clash
    67 9 British Nazi Units In Night Clash London, Jan. 16. A PATROL of the British force now holding a sector of the Maginot Line encountered a German patrol in No Man's Land last night and a fight ensued, rays Reuters special correspondent with the B.EF. The British patrol suffered no casualties,
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    NEW FINNISH SUCCESS
    415 9 NEW FINNISH SUCCESS Two Soviet Units Annihilated Helsinki, Jan. 17. THE Finns have annihilated two Russian companies on the Salla front, states last night's Finnish war communique. Russian air activity on Monday was much slighter than on Sunday. Several Finnish towns were bombed and several fires were caused which were
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    Expansion Of U.S. Army Sought
    105 9 Washington, Jan. 16. NEW warships costing $2,276,000,--000 will be needed by 1945 in order to complete the UJS. navy's current and proposed construction programme, according to Adm. H. R. Stark's testimony before the House of Representatives naval committee. Meanwhile tl\c Secretary of War, Mr. H.
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    Tanker Lost Off S.-West Coast
    184 9 U-Boat Seen Near Doomed Ship London, Jan. 17.. />OAST GUARDS on the south-west coast yesterday afternoon saw an .il tarker suddenly burst into flames. Lifeboats uere put out but the ship speedi.v broke in half and disappeared. It is understood I patrol boat rescued the
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    3 SUBMARINES FEARED LOST
    286 9 Hazardous Work Off Heligoland THE Admiralty announces thai during the past week, three British submarines have failed t j return to their bases or to report and it is feared that they must now be regarded as having been lost. They are the Sea Horse. I'lidiue
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    BLOCKED CZECH ASSETS IN BRITAIN
    22 9 A BILL to deal with Czech asseto blocked in Britain will be IntroI duced Into Parliament to-day.
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    36 9 A comparatively recent addition to our Senior Service is the Fleet Air Arm. This picture, taken at a training school at a Royal Naval Air Station somewhere in England, shows observers receiving instructions before training flights.
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    SPEECHES TO STRIKERS AT DOCKYARD GATES
    396 10 Men Urged To Stand Firm For All Their Demands POSTERS ISSUED CONCERNING DEFENCE REGULATIONS DKSI'lTE the Government warning that the Singapore Harbour Hoard strike is contrary to the Defence Regulations and that the strike is therefors illegal, there is no sign to-day that the
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    ONE STRIKE SETTLED IN PENANG
    91 10 :w Our Own Corresp; ndvnt i Penang. Jan. 16. Obeen settled and mrr ha> boon partial'y settled in Penan.; Chines timber labourers are back at wcrk on increased pay ol ilw per cent They asked fot ten per cent While the workers in one Chinese
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    STOP PRESS
    33 10 A MNHBCf «>! cooks. "ho>s" and li.thcr >crvants at the Singapore general hocpUal stopped work this morning :>'icl !>.»%»• put forward a nunbet <>f demands. These are behi| rriilt rod b> the authoriti.s.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    146 10 SIM. M'OKIBAFFLES lion i i p.m. to 9 p.m. Dance < Informal i 9.43 Midnight. \KRKK THEATRIC. GKTLAJM For Rhythm 6: Ookhryn Tollies at p.m. \l WORLD 1.4! 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Keep Smiling. Jiter Courageous. Cl loan Picture. H\Pl'l WIIRI.I) Happy Theatre: Mi*.- Pacific Fleet. I'ndrr Sea
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    Gifts To The Crew Of H.M.S. Malaya
    65 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 16. THE Association of British Malaya is making good progress with the fund to provide comforts for the crew of 11. M.5. Malaya, the battleship presented by the people of the F.M.S. during the last war. The
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    ATTACK ON POLICE
    379 10 Strikers Throw Bottles STRIKERS at the cane factory ol Brinkmann and Co., in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, who tried, to detain two European members' of the firm in the factory com-) pound, attacked police with bottles >^sterday afternoon. Five men were taken to hospital with injuries which
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    LOCAL PASSENGERS ABOARD MERKUR
    146 10 Burns Philp Vessel Aground On Reef THIRTEEN passengers who embarked at Singapore are aboard the Burns Philp 5,952-ton steamer Merkur, which went aground on a coral reef off the North Australian coast yesterday. The Merkur. which Is on the regular run from Malaya to Australia, was
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    GOVERNOR AND CHILDREN
    108 10 Entertainment At Government House THE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas, were host and hostess to 35 children of the Children's Aid Society Home, it a party at Government House yesterday. The children played on swings and see-saws and had afternoon tea at a table decorated
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    28 10 Sir Prank U s. Notley. Marine Superintendent of the P. and O. Steam Navigation Co. from 1916-29. w'10 hod recently at Curry Rivel, Somerset. fi e7.S63 'n.;. C7.28f.t
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    MR. C. E. WURTZBURG & GLEN LINE POST
    63 10 MR. C. E. WURTZBURG GLEN LINE POST 'From Our Own Correspondent) London. Jan. 16. MR. C. E. Wurtzburg, former chairman of Mansfield and Co., Ltd in Malaya, has been appointed sole managing director of the Glen Line, Ltd. Mr. Wurtzburg, who is well known in Singapore, has hitherto been Joint
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    $500 GIFT FROM ESTATE! STAFFS ASSOCIATION
    59 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 1G. ACCORDING to an announcement by the Chartered Bank, local I contributions to the Selangor Branch of the Malaya Patriotic Fund now total $194,092.88. This includes a donation of S515.99 i collected through the Ail-Milayan I Estates
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    34 10 According to the Bangkok Chronicle, four Chinese who are suspected of being concerned in terrorist activities in Thailand have been arrested by the police. The arrests were made during a midnight meeting of Chinese.
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      "YOUNG MR. LINCOLN" A FINE PICTURE
      91 10 "Young Mr. Lincoln" (Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Donald Meek) 20th Century-Fox. At the Cathay. HENRY FONDA has never had a finer part and he has never acted better than in this story of the youtn oi Abraham Lincoln, the Illinois lawyer who became America's
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      HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCING AT CAPITOL
      67 10 Hawaiian Nights." (Johnny Downs, Mary Carlisle, Constance Moore, Eddie Quilan and Sol Hoopii's Hawaiian band). New Universal. At the Capitol. THIS is a carefree story of Hawaii, with melodious music, graceful Hawaiian dancing and plenty of humour. There is a good supporting programme. A
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      "CHASING DANGER'
      73 10 "Chasing Danger" (Preston Foster. Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon and Henry Wilcoxson) 20th Century Fox. At the Pavilion. SET in the deserts of Algeria, this story of newsreel cameramen in search of "scoop" shots is packed with excitement and action. The cameramen, Preston Poster and Wally Vernon get themselves
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      "DAWN PATROL"
      38 10 "The Dawn Patrol." (Errol Flynn, Divid Niven and Basil Rathbone). Werner Bros. At the Alhambra. THE unrensored version of this epic of tiio Royal Flying Corps in the lust war attracted good houses la?t night. I
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    FIGHT IN K. L. VILLAGE
    154 10 Five In Hospital: Ten Arrests (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16. ■pwo factions of Chinese in Segam- but village, near Kuala Lumpur, were involed in a riot last night, resulting in five being taken to hospital and two others receiving injuries of a
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    EX-IPOH MAN DIES
    50 10 Mr Robert Sidney Stewart, formerly. a partner in Messrs. Brown, Phillip's and Stewart, the Ipoh firm of accountants and secretaries, died at Callander, Scotland, on Jan. 12. cables the Straits Times, London correspondent. Mr. Stewart left Perak on retirement in 1933 after many years in the country.
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    BAR COMMITTEE AND F.M.S. LAWYER
    688 10 Application To Show Cause Dismissed By Court (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16. FINDING that although the respondent's conduct wm admittedly reprehensible yet there was no evidence against him of fraud, Mr. Justice Poyser, Chief Justice F.M.S., and Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith to-day dismissed
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    REWARD FOR CIVILIAN WHO HELPED TO ARREST ROBBER
    588 11 Conduct "Outstanding Example," Says Judge At Assizes ARMED MAN TACKLED AFTER CHASE WITH CONSTABLE ON MOTORCYCLE A SINGAPORE civilian. David McCall, was awarded $50 by Mr. Justice Pcdlow at th? Assizes yesterday for his public->piritcd action in assisting a police constable in
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    Tried To Make Man Join His
    139 11 Society IMUSON X KOI W FOR CHINESE A MAN v.ho was tllo<ud to have a' tempted to persuade another to join his society and then waylaid him with his gang and assaulted him, was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment and ordered to receive
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    HISTORICAL TALKS ON LOCAL RADIO
    140 11 THE Friends oi Singapore, at a council meeting, discussed a scheme for talks on the history of Singapore to bi br >adcast from the 8.M.8.C. station. The secretary reported that as a resnit of a letter sent by Mr. J. Dumeres- the British Malaya Broadcasting
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    OPEN AIR DANCE FLOOR AT GAP ROAD HOUSE
    63 11 SAFOKZ: l.ns a new dan.v and amusement centre. It is the opena.r dance floor whi >h is to be opened at tlie Oap Road House to-night. Bitoated saoM 500 feet above tea level, the damt floor <-an hold 40. es and is
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    TAXI DRIVER FINED FOR HAD DRIVING
    56 11 ui \.w. dri n r, E ban Singh, was rday :'nrd $30 in the Singapore tr.xfli' district, rourt when he was fon\-icted en clir^rgj of nc^ligsnt driving and colliding with a car at' Chang Road. Hp v..ns fined a further $30 on a eharsc
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    STOLEN NAILS
    33 11 FOR stealing hall a barrel of nails worth $12 from Canberra Road, Naval Base, Ong Choo Seng was fined $50 or six weeks' rigorous imprisonment In the Singapore third court yesterday.
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    Sino-Muslim Society For
    251 11 Malaya 0 WILL BE OPEN TO ALL RACES •yO promote the social and cultu- ral welfare of all the communities," a Malayan Sino-Muslim Society is to be formed in Singapore. At a meeting convened by the Chinese Islamic South Asia Goodwill Delegation and presided over by Dr.
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    QUEEN'S SCHOLARS OF THE FUTURE
    207 11 To Come From Raffles Medical Colleges THE objects for which the Queen's Scholarships are awarded are published in the new regulations, to take effect this year, which make the scholarships eligible only to graduates of Raffles College or licentiates of the King Edward VII College
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    WOOLIES FOR TROOPS
    43 11 THE central depot which has been open at Government House to supply wool for knitting garments for men of the Fighting Forces, will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, instead of Thursday, for this week only.
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    ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE
    45 11 ENG CHIN CHYE and Tan Lye Tee were yesterday produced in the Singapore fifth court and a charge of armed robbery at> Kim Yam Road on Jan. 10 explained to them. They were then remanded In police I custody for one day
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    23 11 Up to Jan. 6, there were 905 friendly aliens serving in the British Army, stated an answer to a question in Parliament yesterday.
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    NO FIREWORKS AT THIS YEAR'S THAIPUSAM FESTIVAL
    322 11 HPHAIPUSAM, the only Hindu religious festival celebrated on a large scale by Tamils In this country- -Deepavali is more a social or national festival than a religious one— falls next week. Because of war-time conditions, there will be no fireworks display, but apart
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    GERMAN BROADCAST ABOUT SINKING OF DUTCH LINER
    534 12 kxttig against the Allies together or even separately." If he does start a campaign now against Holland or Belgium, he will encounter resistance, resolute and prepared," the newspaper adds. The newspaper concludes The bask of Britain and France during this period of renewed
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    PENANG MAY HAVE UNOFFICIAL "MAYOR"
    183 12 Commissioners' Request To Government (From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, Jan. 16. AT an unofficial meeting of th? George Town Municipal Commissioners, it was decided to ask the Government to allow Mr. W. L. Blythe Deputy Municipal President, to remain as acting president and if that
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    Rumanian Conscripts Attend Mass
    24 12 New Rumanian concripts in Air Force uniform attending mass in Bucharest The airmen in foregroud are holding the national flag.
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    REGISTRATION OF F.M.S. BUSINESSES
    177 12 To Be Put Into Force At Beginning Of March (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 16. THE final draft rules made under the Registration of Businesses Bill were published in the F.M.S. Government Gazette to-day, wltl. a request for comments before the end of this
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    DRIVER ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    74 12 (From Our Own Correspondent* Johore Bahru, Jan. 16. A CHINESE lorry driver, Chye Checw, appeared in the Police Court to-day on a charge of having caused the death of a Chinese girl by a rash and negligent act. The accident occurred at the 22nd. mile.
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    BAR COMMITTEE APPLICATION
    151 12 'Continued from Page 10 said Mr. Justice Poyser. was whether the evidence was sufficient to warrant respondent being struck off the roll, or suspended from practice for a certain period. As there was no evidence of fraud or misappropriation, the Court was not prepared to strike the
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    NAZIS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE DESPERATE
    547 12 Allied and neutral, escorted in British convoys up to Jan. 10 Inclusive was 6.r.63 of which cnly 12 were last us a result of enemy action, beini* 2 per cent. I*i a broadcast Germany hay asserted that Britain has lost 16 tankers since
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    BRAZILIAN SOPRANO TO BROADCAST
    94 12 MADAM COFLHO. who is well- know; a i a Brazilian soprano and guitarist, will broadcast from Singapore, on Friday, at 7.45 p.m. She has just; completed a tour of Australia and New Zealand and is on her way to South Africa to broadcast for the South
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    JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY TO REMAIN UNCHANGED
    423 13 MM Minister. Adm. Mitsntnasa Y< nai. Frreijjn. Mr. llachiru Arita. Home, ('mint Hideo Kodama. Finance. Mr. Yukio Sakurauchi. War. Gen. Shunroku Ilata. Navy. Vice-Adm. Zen^o Yoshida. Justice. Mr. Shotatsu Kimura. Commerce and Industry, Mr. Ginjiro Fnjiwara. Kduration. Mr. Chinjiro Matsuura. Overseas. Gen. Kuniaki Koiso.
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    Turkey Prepares For Emergency
    101 13 Special Powers For The j (Government Ankara, Jan. 16. A BILL giving the Government certain special powers with a view to I r. ugtbenlnf national defence and pro.ecting national economy in the event of "extraordinary ein umstanccs was Introduced in the National Assembly to-day for an
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    JAPAN-U.S. TREATY
    69 13 A Tokio Proposal To a^hinjfton Tokio, Jan. IC. AtTIvLD about trade maty negotiatkni between Japan and the United States, the Foreign Office rr.ai revealed that the Japanese ..iiu nl has presented the draft of a modus rlvendl to the State Department i:i Washington. It is ezpeeted that something
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    Czech Officers Executed
    61 13 Attempted To Re\olt, Nazis Allege London, Jan. IG. NEARLY 800 Czecli officers have been j arrested by tho Gestapo since! Christmas, U is learned at the German frontier from we l-in.'ormed Czech sources. Some officers, including General' Braun. former Czech military attach^ in Bucharest, are reported to
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    Wiping Out Polish Leaders
    82 13 Wiping Out Polish Leaders REPORTS of executions of Poles in German- occupied Poland have been confirmed by the available evidence, said Mr. Chamberlain, in reply to a question in the House of Com- I mons yesterday. It seemed clear, he went on. that Uie number of victims was large. Germany
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    Bigger Battleships Favoured In U.S.
    54 13 Washington, Jan. 1G. IT is learned authoritatively that funds for the construction of four 45.000-ton battleships will be withheld until proof k furnished as to v. hj they should not be abandoned in favour of larger ships-, according t:> instructions of the House of Representatives
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    40,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE IN JAPAN
    73 13 Tokio, Jan. If. THE dlMUtroui fire at Shi/i; i about 100 miles tooth-west of Tokio». in which 8.000 houses were destroyed and 40,000 rendf-rcd honi' I is now under control. According to the latest information, only two pc~sons are dead and right injured. While
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    35 13 Mexico City. Jan. 16. SIXTEEN were killed through the collapso of a wall during blasting at the Don Carlos silver mine nt Pachuca yesterday. Six others are feared dying and faur others were also injured.—Reuter.
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      529 13 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /III. 1.33 mcs 1 225m i /.HI* 9.69 mc/« 34.96m. > p. in 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of new gramophone records. 1.30 The news and mid-day rubber, tin and copra prices. 1.40 Miscellaneous programme of n«*w grwnophon? records icottd.) 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Kokkien Amoy dramas. t 5.30 Feiping
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    Crowded House Of Commons
    93 14 IT WAS a very animated House which reassembled after the Christmas recess yesterday afternoon for a short question hour and the eagerly awaited statements by Mr. Hore-Belisha, former War Minister, and Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, states Reuter. The benches were packed and -era had postponed
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    HOREBELISHA'S STATEMENT ON HIS RESIGNATION
    1015 14 HOREBELISHA'S STATEMENT ON HIS RESIGNATION Considerations Which Persuaded Premier To Make The Change' ♦THERE has been, so far I know, no conflict of view or policy with any of my colleagues in the Government upon any point. We have worked in one relationship or another for many years, as the
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    BRITONS & GERMANS CLASH NEAR SIEGFRIED LINE
    209 14 BRITONS GERMANS CLASH NEAR SIEGFRIED LINE A BERLIN message describes a clash between British and German troops in front of the Siegfried Line in which the leader of th# British patrol was seriously wounded. He was taken to a flrst-aid post by the Germans and died two days later. The
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    Bombing Of Nazi Submarine
    175 14 AN R.A.F. pilot of the Coastal Command has given his own story of the bombing of a German submarine In the North Sea on Monday. The plane was on patrol when the submarine was sighted at a distance of several miles. "I was having a snack
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    GRAF SPEE PRISONERS
    37 14 London, Jan. 16. BRITISH officers and men who were captured by the scuttled Graf Spee arrived at Tilbury to-day. They will proceed to the Admiralty to tell about their experiences aboard the raider— Reuter.
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    37 14 A picture taken just before lunch in an R.A.F. sergeants' mess "somewhere in France." On the wall is a "Roll of Honour, Ye Grand Order of Stair Falls"—there Is obviously a difficult staircase tomewhert about.—Air Ministry photograph.
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    CANADIAN WAR LOAN RESPONSE
    145 14 Oltawa. Jan. 11. T"HE sum of $114,650,000 has hitherto been subscribed to the first .Canadian war loan which was offered to the public yesterday. The loan is for 5200.000.000 f£&0,000,000). Referring to this loan, The Times < London says, "There can be no question of the
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    GERMAN COAL SHORTAGE LIKELY TO CONTINUE
    78 14 FE present shortage of coal supplies in Germany is apparently regarded as likely to continue, for Berlin tenants who cannot get any hot water at all are to have rents of their houses or flats reduced by five per cent The luckier ones are
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    EARLY INTENSIFICATION OF WAR POSSIBLE—PREMIER
    471 14 EARLY INTENSIFICATION OF WAR POSSIBLE—PREMIER Allies Giving Substantial Aid To The Finnish Defenders London, Jan. 16. "AT the moment there is a lull in the war operations, but events may occur within a few weeks, even a few hours, which may re-shape the history of the world,** said Mr. Neville
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    KING & QUEEN RETURN TO LONDON
    77 14 KING QUEEN RETURN TO LONDON THE King and Queen and the two Princesses returned to London yesterday from Sandringham where they have been staying since Just before Christmas. Shortly after his arrival, the King held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace, and handed to Mr. Oliver Stanley his seal of
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    British Order For U. S. Pursuit Planes Warning To
    340 14 British Order For U. S. Pursuit Planes Warning To New York. Jan. 16. DKITAIN has placed an $8,000,000 order for pursuit planes with the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it is reported.— Reuter. Germany 4 GERMANY HAS MADE some errors since last summer the biggest of which was the belief that Britain
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    YESTERDAY'S MATCHES IN SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY
    746 15 YESTERDAY'S MATCHES IN SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY Sappers Field Strong Team To Beat S.C.C. Third String YESTERDAY'S opening game in the seven-a-side rugby I series run by the Singapore Cricket Club saw the ■R.A.M.C. have an easy win against the R.A.F. (Kallang) "B'\ The score was 13 points to nil. The St.
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    33 15 All hands reach for the ball in a seven a side rugby match played on the padang on Monday This tournament organised by the Singapore Cricket Club is arousing much interest.—Struts Times picture.
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    SCARLET TIGER GOOD FORM
    448 15 Training Notes From Ipoh droiii Our Ohm (Virri-p-indent) Ipoh. J;in ALTHOUGH a ieu horses lrurn Van Breukelen's stable have arrived, the remainder are due here to-mor-row rvciiiug as ftlM are the string, trained by Maeill. Billett, Dm tl. llobbs, Sill?y and Bom den. Under ideal conditions
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    KLANG'S RUGBY REVIVAL
    95 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 15. AFTER a lapse of 10 years the Klanz Club's Rugby XV was revivtd most successfully, their record so far hem; 11 matches won out of 12 played, the other being a defeat. Their only defeat was at the hands
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    Malaya Command Boxing
    205 15 FURTHER RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL MEET RESULTS of last night's fight in the Malaya Command open individual championships at Tanglin were as follows: Wrtterwright inc. Sewart <Argylls) beat Gunner Mclaughlin <3rd. A. -A i. Middleweight:— Ptc. WoMham (Loyals) beat Gunner Barber <3rd. A. -A.). Bantamweight: I.e. Collins (Gordons)
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    McL. MORE WINS GOLD MEDAL AT G.G.C.
    126 15 THE January stroke competition of the Garrison Golf Club was played at Tanglin on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a win for E. A. Joy with a net score of 64. The following were the best returns: E. A. Joy 82—18=64: L.
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    TAMILS BEAT SIONG 800 IN RETURN SOCCER MATCH
    312 15 IN a return soccer match, the Tamil Brotherhood Party scored a decisive victory over the Siong 800 Athletic Association, Chinese League champions, by four goals to two at Farrer Park on Sunday. Both teams were well balanced but the speed and stamina
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    SULLIVAN NOT IN TEAM TO PLAY SELANGOR
    286 15 Saturday's Return State Hockey Fixture U7HAT should be the best hockey match of the season will be played on the S.C.C. padang on Saturday between Singapore and Selangor. This is the return match, Singapore having beaten Selangor by two-one at Kuala Lumpur earlier
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    TEAMS FOR PADANG CLUBS' HOCKEY
    109 15 THE following are thp teams for a hockey match between the first strings of the S.R C. and the S.C.C. on the S.R.C. padang to-morrow at 5 p.m SRC: P. P Webb: R. H. Barth. P. F. dc Souza. G. Clarke. G. E. N. Oehlers.
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    PENANG WOMEN TO MEET PERAK AGAIN
    104 15 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 15. rE pipes and drums of the 5 14 PunJab Regiment will render musical selections at the inter-state hockey match between Penang and Perak women on the Hutchings School ground next Saturday, in aid of the Malaya Patriotic
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    UNITED FAMILY WIN
    55 15 THE United Family B.P. beat the Junior Civil Servants Association by three games to two in a local interclub badminton match on Monday night. With two gSOKl In hand after the second tie, the J.C.S.A. were unlucky to lose the remaining three ties and the match by
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